Psychiatric Services
- Volume 64
- Number 3
- March 2013
Taking Issue
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Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages209–211The use of standardized patient assessments (SPAs) in psychiatry is an emerging best practice. This column describes a survey of resident and faculty supervisors at a large academic department examining current practices, attitudes, and perceived barriers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002732012Articles
Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages212–222Two key steps in reducing racial-ethnic disparities are to make treatments more widely available and to improve access to them. But unless underserved groups are engaged in treatment, improving availability and access is not enough. What strategies work ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100136Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages223–229Use of antipsychotics by children and adolescents has increased markedly. To identify contributing factors, this study analyzed 1997 and 2006 Medicaid data for more than 450,000 youths. The rate of antipsychotic use rose from 1.2% to 3.2%. A strong ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200081Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages230–237Objective Effectiveness trials have confirmed the superiority of clozapine in schizophrenia treatment, but little is known about whether the drug’s superiority holds across racial-ethnic groups. This study examined the effectiveness by race-ethnicity of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200041Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages238–244Objective This study sought to determine the extent of providers’ sensitivity to the presence of cardiometabolic disorders in the selection of second-generation antipsychotics. Methods As part of an academic detailing effort conducted between October 2007 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200183Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages245–251Objective This study compared causes of death, crude mortality rates, and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) between decedents with mental illness in Ohio’s publicly funded mental health system (“mental illness decedents”) and all Ohio decedents. Methods ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100238Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages252–256Objective The study tested the feasibility of using practice-based evidence to improve children’s treatment response to inpatient care in psychiatric hospitals. Methods A total of 524 children (aged four to 12 years) who were patients at three psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100448Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages257–263Objective Despite robust evidence of efficacy, family services for individuals diagnosed as having serious mental illness are of limited availability and drastically underutilized. This underutilization may be due to a mismatch between consumer and family ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200176Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages264–269Objectives The investigators aimed to examine the prevalence of internalized stigma among individuals with serious mental illness and to construct and test a hypothesized model of the interrelationships among internalized stigma, self-concept, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001322012Open Forum
Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages270–271Delivering recovery-focused services is a widely embraced goal. However, competing constructs of recovery threaten to derail efforts to achieve this goal, according to the author of the March Open Forum. She draws upon her experiences as a consumer of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001612012Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages272–276Objective Monitoring fidelity of assertive community treatment (ACT) teams is costly. This study investigated the reliability and validity of a less burdensome approach: self-reported assessment. Methods Phone-administered and self-reported assessments were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001252012Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages277–279Objective This study examined the mental health treatment experiences of active-duty U.S. service members who received treatment from primary care or specialty mental health providers. Methods A national sample of active-duty service members (N=1,659) was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200240Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages280–283Objectives: Barriers associated with the decision not to seek treatment for symptoms of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined. Methods: Participants were 143 military men and women who served in Operation Enduring Freedom or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001372012Publication date: 01 March 2013
Pages284–288Objectives: This study compared stigma associated with the psychosis risk label and diagnostic labels for nonpsychotic and psychotic mental disorders among young adult peers. Methods: Urban college respondents (N=153) read an experimental vignette describing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.003782011Frontline Reports
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